Timeline

1767  Sedgewick Lewis purchased 1,000 acres on September 15. The deed states the land was on the river front adjoining Exeter Plantation to the north (7, bk. 1, vol. 12, p. 22) (1, p. 3)

The acreage, referred to as Little Landing, was originally part of the Fairlawn Barony. Sedgewick Lewis changed the name to Lewisfield (8, p. 69).

1774  Sarah Lewis, a daughter of Sedgewick Lewis, married Keating Simons, the second son of Benjamin Simons of Middleburg Plantation. He gave them Lewisfield as a wedding gift (7, bk. 1, vol. 7, p. 8).

Keating Simmons built a house on the property.

1781  The plantation was the site of a surprise attack against the British during the Revolutionary War. Colonel Wade Hampton destroyed several boatloads of supplies and took 78 prisoners (6, p. 47-48).

1861-1865  The landing at Lewisfield was constantly used by the Union gunboats. No harm came to the property (6, p. 49).